Improvement in cotton-bale ties



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIGE.

HENRY FASSMANN, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

AIMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-BALE TIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 61,727, dated February 5, 1867.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY FAssMANN, of New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and Improved Cotton-Bale Tie; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, suticient to enable one skilled in the art to which the invention appertains to make use of it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a plan. Fig. 3 is a section.

The buckle vof this tie has two loops for securing the ends oi the hoop, and a ridge or ridges on one or both sides to press the hoop against the cotton, and prevent its withdrawal. In use, one end of the hoop is rst lapped around the bar of one loop, and the other end of the bar is inserted through the notch in the bar, and lapped over the bar of the loop, whose notch it spans. The chamfered corners of the bar at the notch permit the oblique insertion of the hoop therein.

In the drawings, A A are the sides of the buckle, which are united by the round bar `B and the central piece C with two ribs, c c, on each side, and a groove between them. The bar D D has an opening for the introduction of one end of the hoop, to facilitate which the corners a b are chamfered o.

The ribs c o may be on one side or both, and a single rib may be used instead of the two associated ribs. l

In operation, one end, E, of the hoop is rst lapped around the bar B and folded back underneath. The end Fis then slipped obliquely into the notch in the bar D, the chamfering of of the corners permitting it to enter and occupy the loop with less bending than would be possible were the edges of the notch rectangular. The width of the loop is about from the point l to point 2 in the figure, and, having passed into the loop, it is brought to lap squarely upon the bar D, the end tucked unv der the ridge or ridges, and under the other end E of the hoop, the ridges binding it, preventing its withdrawal.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The bale-tie buckle, constructed with an opening in one loop, with chamfered corners a b, and with a ridge or ridges, c c, on one or both sides, substantially as and for the purpose described.'

HENRY FASSMANN.

Witnesses:

W. CHAMBERS, J. P. WADDELL. 

